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1960-61 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 9-15 (5-9, 7th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 76.3 (48th of 179)

PA/G: 77.6 (145th of 179)

SRS: 2.52 (58th of 173)

SOS: 3.81 (36th of 173)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Dave Downey	SO	F	6-4	16.8 Pts, 11.1 Reb
Jerry Colangelo	JR	G	6-2	13.6 Pts, 3.9 Reb
John Wessels	SR	F	6-7	13.4 Pts, 9.0 Reb
Bill Burwell	SO	C	6-8	12.1 Pts, 8.6 Reb
Bill Small	SO	G	6-2	8.5 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Bob Starnes	SO	F	6-5	3.5 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Doug Mills	JR	G	6-0	3.4 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Ed Searcy	JR	F	6-5	4.5 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Jerry Curless	JR	G	6-0	2.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Jerry Renner	SO	F	6-1	1.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Jeff Ferguson	SO	G	6-3	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Jay Lovelace	SO	G	6-0	0.9 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Sam Leeper	JR	G	6-0	0.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Knoefel Jones	SO	F	6-4	0.0 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Bill Mohlenbrock	SR	F	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		29.4	71.8	.409	17.6	24.5	.716	51.2					20.0	76.3
Opponent	24		30.2	75.5	.400	17.2	27.0	.636	53.3					17.7	77.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														75.6
Opponent	14														81.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		705	1722	.409	422	589	.716	1228					481	1832
Opponent	24		725	1813	.400	413	649	.636	1280					424	1863

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1059
Opponent	14														1137

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Dave Downey	F	24	6.5	16.8	.389	6.5	16.8	3.7	5.1	.715	11.1	3.3	16.8
2	Jerry Colangelo	G	24	5.3	11.6	.459	5.3	11.6	3.0	3.7	.798	3.9	3.3	13.6
3	John Wessels	F	24	5.0	11.8	.422	5.0	11.8	3.5	4.8	.716	9.0	3.6	13.4
4	Bill Burwell	C	24	4.9	10.9	.447	4.9	10.9	2.4	3.6	.663	8.6	2.6	12.1
5	Bill Small	G	22	3.3	7.9	.420	3.3	7.9	1.9	2.1	.894	2.5	1.7	8.5
6	Ed Searcy	F	13	1.8	5.4	.329	1.8	5.4	0.9	1.5	.600	4.8	1.4	4.5
7	Bob Starnes	F	24	1.2	3.0	.397	1.2	3.0	1.0	1.8	.581	2.5	1.4	3.5
8	Doug Mills	G	21	1.2	3.1	.400	1.2	3.1	1.0	1.1	.833	0.7	1.2	3.4
9	Jerry Curless	G	22	0.8	2.8	.274	0.8	2.8	0.6	0.9	.684	1.7	1.2	2.1
10	Jerry Renner	F	19	0.6	1.6	.355	0.6	1.6	0.1	0.5	.222	1.2	0.9	1.3
11	Jay Lovelace	G	7	0.3	0.7	.400	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.6	.500	0.3	0.7	0.9
12	Jeff Ferguson	G	11	0.2	1.0	.182	0.2	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.8
13	Sam Leeper	G	7	0.1	0.4	.333	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	.500	0.7	0.7	0.6
14	Bill Mohlenbrock	F	2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.0
15	Knoefel Jones	F	5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		24	29.4	71.8	.409	29.4	71.8	17.6	24.5	.716	51.2	20.0	76.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Dave Downey	24	157	404	.389	88	123	.715	267	79	402
2	Jerry Colangelo	24	128	279	.459	71	89	.798	94	79	327
3	John Wessels	24	119	282	.422	83	116	.716	217	87	321
4	Bill Burwell	24	117	262	.447	57	86	.663	207	63	291
5	Bill Small	22	73	174	.420	42	47	.894	56	37	188
6	Bob Starnes	24	29	73	.397	25	43	.581	61	33	83
7	Doug Mills	21	26	65	.400	20	24	.833	15	26	72
8	Ed Searcy	13	23	70	.329	12	20	.600	62	18	58
9	Jerry Curless	22	17	62	.274	13	19	.684	38	27	47
10	Jerry Renner	19	11	31	.355	2	9	.222	22	18	24
11	Jeff Ferguson	11	2	11	.182	5	5	1.000	4	4	9
12	Jay Lovelace	7	2	5	.400	2	4	.500	2	5	6
13	Sam Leeper	7	1	3	.333	2	4	.500	5	5	4
14	Knoefel Jones	5	0	0		0	0		1	0	0
15	Bill Mohlenbrock	2	0	1	.000	0	0		1	0	0
	School Totals	24	705	1722	.409	422	589	.716	1228	481	1832